ARKADIO BIOGRAPHY
Arkadio José Jiménez Rodríguez was born in Barakaldo (Bilbao, Spain) in 1974.
His interest by magic started at the age of 10 when he saw for the first time a magician working in a Theatre. What at the beginning it started as a hobby, it finishes as a profession. His professional career began when he was called to work as a magician for “Universal Studios Port Aventura” in Salou (Tarragona, Spain). He was working there during two years performing the magic show called “Xing Txo´s Mystery”. The third year he was performing and was the artistic director of the magic show called “The Magic Legend”. When his contract with “Universal Studios” finished, he started to prepare a competition to go to Portugal and participate in the “Magic Valongo” in 2004 where he got the maximum distinction. The next competition was the “Magic Spanish Championship” in 2005 where he got the first prize in the Manipulation category. He went to the “Magic French Championship” in 2006 where he won the first prize in the Manipulation category too and the “Audience” prize. After this, in 2007, he was given the “Mandrakes D´Or” in Paris. Then, he was asked to work with his Show in different countries all over the world (Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy…). In 2008, he was called to work in the famous TV French program: “Le Plus Du Gran Cabaret Du Monde” and after this, he was invited to participate to the prestigious competition “Magic Star”, which is organized by the Monegasque family, and won the first prize, the “Baguette D´Or”, which was given to him by the Prince Alberto from Monaco. Since then, he has been working in loads of Festivals, Events and TVs all over the world.
Currently together with Solange Kardinaly in the program “Lo show dei record” on Italian TV Show, they broke the Guinness Record for the most costume change illusions in 1 minute.
References:
• “LO SHOW DEI RECORD “GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (ITALIA)
• Monte Carlo Magic Festival(Monaco)
• Magic rings (Sweden).
• Mandrakes D´or (France)
• Coliseu de Lisboa (Portugal)
• TV SHOW “ Greece Got Talent”
• TV SHOW “ Iumor” ( Rumania)
• TV3 CAT “Memorial Li-Chang" ( España)
• X- Treme Magic Tour (UK )
• Princess Cruise lines
• Dragon D´or (Niza)
• TVE Caracol (Colombia)
• Hocus Pocus Festival. (Spain)
• Word Magic Seminar ( Las Vegas)
• Word of Magic Festival (Greece)
• Le plus grand cabaret du munde (france 2)
• Salakabula( TVE Andalucia)
• Dinner Show SON AMAR (Palma de Mallorca)
• Dinner Show, Scala Palace (Gran Canaria)
• Costa Cruises (Asia tour 2014) & Tallink Silja line Cruises( Estonia,Letonia )
• Norwegian Cruise Lines
• Magic Castle (Hollywood EEUU)
• WOW Show Las Vegas (Israel)
• TV SHOW “LUAR “ ( España)
• Dinner Show “Malak” & “ Buddha Bar” (Marrakech)